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Tim Slavin is senior vice president for retirement solutions at Broadridge Financial Solutions where he is responsible for business strategy in defined contribution and the retirement channel. With more than 30 years of industry experience, he has led growth into the retirement channel through acquisitions and new product development. He is a featured speaker at the industry’s top conferences and is a Member of SPARK Board of Directors. He also has been named a Top 100 Influencers in the Defined Contribution Industry six times.

Timothy Noonan is managing director capital markets insights for Russell Investments. Timothy heads the group responsible for shaping and delivering clients services strategy, and delivering capital markets information to private client advisors. He is a senior advisor to Russell's chairman of the private client services investment advice and policy committee. He is a member of Russell's global innovation council where he represents Russell's global retail service line. Tim also heads the China\/India workgroup. He currently shares his time between Russell's London office and the U.S. Headquarters in Tacoma, Washington.\nTimothy joined Russell in 1992 from the Lotus Development Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he helped to pioneer real-time spreadsheet product development for securities trading applications. Upon joining Russell he initially supervised the re-engineering of Russell's performance measurement and asset allocation analytic software suite.\nIn 1994, he was appointed assistant to the global chief investment officer, a post he held through 1999, specializing in high net worth investment product design.\nIn 1999 Timothy transferred to Russell's U.S. distribution business to manage development of new business partnerships, Russell's U.S. individual investor services business. He led that effort through 2006, chairing Russell's business acceptance committee responsible for vetting all new distribution relationships in the U.S.\nIn 2006 Timothy was appointed head of product development and management for Russell's U.S. private client services business, at which time he formed the capital markets insights group, its charter is to keep advisors informed of Russell's viewpoints on a broad range of investment research, economical and market environment, product and client service topics. In addition to those duties, he also frequently represents Russell at client and industry events and with the media. He took his current post in 2007.\nNoonan is a registered investment advisor in all 50 states

Tom McDonough is Senior Vice President of Affinity programs for Risk Strategies Company. Affinity programs include Association based membership programs, Franchisor\/Franchisee based programs, and member benefits programs for Purchasing groups or Captive Insurance companies. Clients include large professional membership based associations, Labor Unions, and Trade Groups.\nTom has been in various leadership roles in the insurance industry for over 30 years. For the past 20 years, Tom has focused on the Affinity Programs arena, and has established many professional liability programs for Medical associations, Legal professional associations, and Financial Services associations.\nPrior to joining Risk Strategies Company, Tom was President of Hays Affinity Group, and prior to that, Sr. Vice President of Marsh Affinity Group, the Global Programs unit of Marsh & McLennan.\nTom serves on several Boards and Commissions both professionally and in local government.\nTom and his wife Meg, and two children, live in Lincolnshire, IL.  

A 20-year veteran in the field of employee benefits, Mr. Mangan has been named one of the top 10 most influential individuals in the health care industry by Employee Benefits News and is widely recognized as one of the industry's most progressive thought leaders. His extensive background in employee benefits spans sales, services and operations. Prior to joining UBA, Mangan was a Board Member of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers and has served on the National Broker Advisory Councils of Aetna, Cigna and United Healthcare.